It's without a doubt their lightest and most experimental album. Almost all clean vocals (some of them clean clean, no growly inflection), some unusual arrangements. More emphasis on guitar solos rather than leads, and less obvious 'hello, this is a hook' choruses

I'm the opposite, I didn't think much of Deliver Us, but was pleasantly surprised by the album. I'd say the melodies on that album are the best they've written since Clayman. I thought they would go even further down the shitter without Jesper, but I'm glad to say they're still great and they still sound like In Flames, although they're even lighter now. Bring back the heaviness!

...in what way mashed together? You mean riffs that were written seperately and put together in a contrived way? Awkwardly contrasting parts put on top of eachother? Poor flow due to tracklisting? Did you attack the CD with a potato masher?

Think in flames deserved a longer set than 40 mins and that 2 min silence has knocked off 5 minutes from their set. Would have preferred an extra in flames song and just do the silence at another time but oh well